Noche Y Dia Vitamin C Serum for acne-prone skin
Ascorbic Acid Concentrate- Ascorbic Acid
Lemon Oil Fruit
Citrus Aurantium Amara Peel Oil
Actinidia Chinensis Seed Oil
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- HighCombination Skin Fit
- AverageEffectiveness
- Low RiskSafety
Works for acne-prone skin; other serums fit it better.
This fit is calculated for the concerns frequently associated with acne-prone skin: breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks. For scores and recommendations based on your full skin profile, including your 12D face scan results and any goals or preferences you have, please use the Lovi app.
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Lovi Assistant explains
- Offers moderate brightening for your combination skin due to Ascorbyl Isostearate and Ascorbic Acid, which provide mild antioxidant support and aid in evening skin tone. These ingredients also offer antioxidant activity and support collagen synthesis, making them suitable for your skin type.
- While the serum provides general skincare benefits like hydration and cleansing, its primary ingredients are not directly targeted at managing your acne, blemishes, and breakouts.
- The product is generally safe for your combination skin, with a low risk of irritation from Ascorbic Acid.
How to apply
- Use your serum as part of your PM routine and start 3x/week before working up to daily use.
- Apply this treatment after cleansing and toner, and before your moisturizer.
- Gently press 2-3 drops of the serum into your skin and let it absorb for a minute.
- Apply the product on clean, dry skin to help manage your breakouts safely.
- Avoid the eye area and do a patch test before your first use.
Questions and answers
How well does Noche Y Dia Vitamin C Serum work for acne-prone skin?
This serum works moderately well for acne-prone skin because it offers general brightening and antioxidant support, though its ingredients do not directly target breakouts. An acne-prone skin treatment of this type needs ingredients like niacinamide, zinc PCA, and propolis to actively manage blemishes while providing balanced hydration without irritation.
Which ingredients make this serum a good fit for acne-prone skin?
Ascorbyl Isostearate and Ascorbic Acid make this serum a fit by offering mild antioxidant support and evening your skin tone, though it lacks ingredients directly targeted at managing acne and breakouts. Acne-prone skin needs ingredients like niacinamide, propolis, and zinc PCA that provide excellent benefits for acne and blemishes while controlling oiliness and keeping skin balanced.
What does Vitamin C do for acne-prone skin?
Vitamin C helps protect acne-prone skin and calm redness while working to fade dark spots left behind by breakouts. It is unlikely to cause irritation and may improve overall skin tone when used consistently in your routine.
Giornale Italiano Di Dermatologia E Venereologia, 2014Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, 2024
Where does this serum go in a skincare routine for acne-prone skin?
This treatment goes in the evening routine after your cleansing toner and before your moisturizer. While it works for your skin, acne-prone skin needs products featuring blemish-fighting ingredients to properly manage breakouts.
Can I use this serum with retinol, and in what order?
You can use this serum in your morning routine and apply retinol at night to keep your skin safe and avoid heavy irritation. A product for acne-prone skin needs ingredients that directly target breakouts and blemishes.
How often should I use this serum?
You can use this treatment in the evening as part of your routine. While it offers some brightening and antioxidant benefits, acne-prone skin also needs ingredients that directly target breakouts and blemishes to achieve a better fit.
Can this serum clog pores, cause breakouts or purging for acne-prone skin?
This serum is unlikely to cause purging since it does not contain exfoliating acids, but it may not help manage your breakouts because its main ingredients are not targeted at acne. Acne-prone skin needs products with clarifying and blemish-soothing ingredients to keep pores clear.
Is this serum fragrance-free and alcohol-free?
It has no drying alcohol and contains fragrance (limonene, citral, linalool, and geraniol).
What the research says
A topical serum containing vitamin C, vitamin E, and raspberry leaf cell culture extract improved skin color, elasticity, radiance, smoothness, scaliness, and wrinkles compared to the untreated contralateral side in fifty female volunteers.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020Topical application of 5% vitamin C cream significantly improved global clinical scores, increased skin microrelief density, and induced elastic tissue repair in photoaged skin compared to excipient control in healthy female volunteers.
Experimental Dermatology, 2003Ascorbic acid 2-glucoside gel significantly reduced gingival melanin pigmentation after 4 weeks compared to placebo in 73 subjects with symmetric pigmentation.
Journal of Periodontology, 2009Topical application of VC-IP cream twice daily for 8 weeks reduces periorbital wrinkles in female subjects compared to a placebo cream.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2022Topical application of a natural antioxidant compound from lemon oil called Lem1 significantly increases the antioxidative potential of the skin biosurface and inhibits free radical-mediated reactions in healthy volunteers compared to baseline.
Drugs Under Experimental and Clinical Research, 1999Limonene protects immortalized human skin keratinocytes against UVB-induced photodamage and photoaging by increasing cell viability, inhibiting intracellular ROS generation, suppressing alpha-MSH secretion, and preventing depletion of tight junction proteins through activation of the Nrf2-dependent antioxidant defense system.
Environmental Toxicology, 2022Topical application of Foeniculum vulgare compounds fenchone and limonene increased wound contraction and re-epithelialization in rats compared to untreated and sham control groups over 10 days.
Biotechnic & Histochemistry, 2017
Why other serums fit acne-prone skin better
Topical nicotinamide plus an antibacterial adhesive agent and zinc-pyrrolidone carboxylic acid combined with adapalene significantly reduced noninflammatory acne lesions by the second week of therapy compared to placebo with adapalene in patients with moderate acne vulgaris.
The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology, 2020A cream combining propolis, tea tree oil, and Aloe vera reduced erythema scars, acne severity index, and total lesion count better than erythromycin cream in sixty patients with mild to moderate acne vulgaris compared to placebo.
Clinical Pharmacology, 2018Niacinamide and ferulic acid incorporated in a stable multiple emulsion successfully reduced melanin, sebum, and skin erythema while improving skin elasticity and hydration in human skin compared to a placebo.
BioMed Research International, 2022
Ingredients
Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethiconol, Limonene, Ascorbyl Isostearate, Citral, Linalool, Geraniol, Ascorbic Acid, Isostearyl Isostearate, Cl 4700 Yellow 11, Cl 26100 Red 7
Behind this fit score
Lovi calculates every fit score from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.
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